And we’ve gotta give the Biebs credit for hanging in there — because practice does make progress, and last time we saw him trying to manage a clean skateboarding land, well, the trick needed some major work (and many mulligans).

Exhibit A: This smooth side-to-side slide that even included a mini-grind.

Granted, he’s still slow-pacing all those four-wheeled maneuvers, but that was a whole lot slicker than we expected to see when he gave us a new glimpse at the court.

Exhibit B: This wicked flip trick that earned him an enthusiastic “Yes, sir!” from his off-camera audience (and us too, of course).

Nicely done, JB. All that time spent away from bad-boying is really starting to pay off. We mean, you’re practically X Games-eligible at this point, but keep on working at it (and showing us all the evidence) just for posterity’s sake, yeah?